Railroad-tie.



Patented May 28, I90I. G. W. ELTZRUTH.

RAILRUAD'TIE.

(Application led Jan. 1B, 1901.)

(No Model.)

llNTTnn STaTns PATnNT OFFICE..

GEORGE W. EIIFZRO'IH, OF MARION, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALF TO SAMUEL B. BESHORE, OF SAME PLAGE.

RAILROAD-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters 'atent No. 675,003, dated May 28, 1901.

Application filed January 18, 1901. Serial No. 43,786. (No model.)

To f/,ZZ mito-m, it .1n/ty concern: tion, from which project the opposite termie it known that I, GEORGE NV. ELTZROTH, nal ears 3, which are flush with the flat inner a citizen of the United States, residing at face ot' the body and are provided With the Marion, in the county of Grant and State respective perforationsltfor the reception of 55 5 of lndiana, have invented a new and useful the respective bolts 5, which also pass through Railroad-'Fia of which the following is a the tie, and thereby connect the section or specification. member flat against one side of the tie and This invention relates to railroad-ties, and resting upon the basetlange thereof. The has AFor its object to provide an improved top ot' the section is datand ush With the 6o 1o cross-tie and track-fastening combined in top edge ol the tie and is provided with a latwhich a comparatively narrow tie has broad eral extension or flange 7 at the inner end of rail-chairs and the fastenings are arranged the section, so as to increase the area of the for convenient application and removal, so top of the section, and thereby produce a as to facilitate the laying of a track and the comparatively broad rail-chair. As best in- 6; i5 replacing of rail-sections, and also to arrange dicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, it will be for adjusting the fastenings to accommodate seen that the inner ears of the opposite secthe tie to rails having different Widths of tions are overlapped, so that a single bolt base-flanges. serves for both ears, and the broad inner end With these and other objects in view the portions of the sections cooperate to form a 7o zo present invention consists in the combination rail-chair projecting equally at opposite sides and arrangement of parts, as will. be hereinof the tie. In the inner face of each section after more fully described, shown in the acthere is provided a vertical intermediate com panying d rawi ngs,an d particularly pointtransverse groove or recess opening outwardly ed outin the appended claims, it being underthrough the top and bottom of the section, as 75 25 stood that changes in the form, proportion, indicated at 8, the back thereof being prosize, and minor details may be made Within vided with ratchet-teeth 9, extending across the scope of the claims Without departing the salneand havinga pairor more of parallel from the spirit or sacrificing any of the adgrooves IOintersecting the teeth transversely vantages of the invention. thereof. When the section is applied to a 8o 3o In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective tie, the recess is closed at all sides but the view of a cross-tie embodying the present top thereof, which is open for the reception invention and showing a portion of a railof afastening ll in the form of a spike, which section supported thereby. Fig. 2 is a top has the usual laterally-projecting head 12 and plan view thereof, partly in section. Fig. 3 has its shank furthermore provided with 85 35 is a transverse sectional View taken on the transverse ratchet-teeth 13, arranged reline 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. t is a detail perspecversely to those of the recess in the adjacent tive view of the fixed and adjustable parts chair-section, so as to interlock therewith. of the t1'ackfasteni11g. The teeth of the spike are intersected inter- Like characters of reference designate cormediately by means of a longitudinal rib or 9o 4o responding parts in all of the ligures of the flange 14, Which is designed to take into one drawings. of the grooves in the back of the socket. It Referring to the drawings, l designates an Will be understood that the spike is narrower inverted substantially T- shaped metallic than the Width ofthe socket, so that it may cross-tie which rests upon its base-flange and be adjusted from one of the grooves to the 95 45 presents a comparatively narrow upstanding other, but snugly tits the depth of the socket, longitudinal body-rib for the support of the so as to interlock with the teeth thereof, and rail-sections. Adjacent to each end of the thereby prevent accidental upward displacetie there are provided the duplicate chair-sece ment, While the rib and groove prevent lattions 2, which are located at opposite sides eral displacement ot' the spike. roo 5o of the tie. Each section or member has an In laying a track the ties are arranged in intermediate comparatively thick body porplace With the rail-chair sections applied thereto, after which a rail-section-as, for instance, as shown in Fig. l-is placed transversely across the ties and resting uponV the rail-chairs thereof, after which the spikes are dropped into the several sockets at opposite sides of the rail, so as to have their projecting heads overlap the base-flange of the rail in the usual manner, thereby securely fastening the rail to the cross-ties. It Will be understood that the grooves in the backs of the sockets are arranged so as to dispose the spikes at the proper intervals to snugly embrace the anges, and several grooves are provided to accommodate the tie to rails having different widths of flanges.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the rail rests upon a firm fou ndation formed by the edge of the tie and the tops of the chair-sections, which rest upon the base-flange of the tie, so as to prevent strain from being placed upon the bolts. Also the parts of the device may be conveniently assembled and taken apart, so as to facilitate the laying of a track and the replacing of individual rail-sections. It is not designed to have the spikes driven into the sockets, as it is intended to loosen the bolts 5, so as to loosen the members 2, whereby the spikes may be dropped into the sockets, after which the bolts are tightened to grip the spikes between the members and the tie. In a similar manner the spikes may be readily removed.

What is claimed is-- 1. The combination of a cross-tie, rail-chair sections secured to opposite sides of the tie, with their inner ends overlapped to form a broad seat, a common fastening piercing the overlapped inner ends of the chair-sections, and track-fastenings carried by the respective chair-sections and spaced to receive a rail therebetween.

2. A railchair, having opposite vertical sockets to lie at opposite sides of a rail, and also provided with ratchet-teeth, and trackfastenings for insertion into the respective 4:. The combination with a tie, of a chair-.

section removably secured to one side of the tie, and having an intermediate vertical recess which opens through the top of thesection and has its front closed by the tie, the back of the recess being provided with ratchetteeth, and a track-fastening to be inserted into the recess and having ratchet-teeth to y interlock with those of the chair-section.

5. A rail-chair having a laterally-elongated vertical socket which is open at the top, and a track-fastening which snugly iits the socket transversely in one direction and is adjustable laterally therein in a direction at substantially right angles to the direction of the snug fit.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a section of a rail-chair, having an enlarged intermediate portion, provided in its fiat inner face With an intermediate transverse recess which opens outwardly through one edge of the section, opposite terminal longitudinally-extended perforate attaching-ears flush with the inner face of the section, and a top flange ush with that edge of the section through vwhich the recess opens and forming an extended seat.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. ELTZROTH. Witnesses:

WILLIAM R. HUNTER, SAMUEL B. BESHORE. 

